Hydrotropism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Growth or movement in a sessile organism toward or away from water, as of the roots of a plant.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The movement of a plant (or other organism) either towards or away from water
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A tendency towards moisture.
  • n. In a broader sense, any curvature or turning induced in certain growing plant organs under the influence of moisture.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A state induced in a growing organ by the influence of moisture, in which under certain conditions it turns toward the moisture, and under other little understood conditions it turns away from the moisture.
    • Word Usage
    "This is in response to positive hydrotropism ( "water-turning" G)."
     
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